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UNINA9910464144703321 |
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Autore |
Phillips Christopher N |
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Titolo |
Epic in American Culture : Settlement to Reconstruction / / Christopher N. Phillips |
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Baltimore, Md. : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2011 |
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©2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (375 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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National characteristics, American, in literature |
Literature and history - United States - History - 19th century |
Literature and history - United States - History - 18th century |
Epic literature, American - History and criticism |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Columbian strains: the diffusion of epic form in early America -- Constitutional epic: old rules for an unprecedented genre -- Epic on canvas: the history of a critical term -- Transcendental epic; or, Importing the new traditions -- Tracking epic through the leather-stocking tales -- Lydia Sigourney and the Indian epic's work of mourning -- Longfellow's pantheon -- Melville's epic career. |
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